Harvesting ambient environmental energy for wireless sensor networks: A survey

Journal of Sensors

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhou, Gongbo ^a   Huang, Linghua ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Zhu, Zhencai ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE; AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT; BETTER PERFORMANCE; DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENERGY; POWER SOURCES; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSNS); WIRELESS SENSOR NODE;

SENSOR NODES;

EID: 84903643040     PISSN: 1687725X     EISSN: 16877268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/815467     Document Type: Review

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